Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Mar 9, 1990, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 1990, 8:00 PM CST

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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SVRAMA
TXC375-381-100200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
703 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...POTTER...RANDALL
 
AT 655 PM CST A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILE WEST OF
CANYON TEXAS. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORMS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

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KSZ003-006- 100035 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
 535 PM CST FRI MAR 9  1990

 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 525 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING FROM NEAR DALHART...SOUTH
TO JUST WEST OF HEREFORD...TO NEAR MULESHOE. STRONGEST PORTION OF THE
LINE WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE HEREFORD AREA.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED AS THE LINE MOVES TO THE EAST.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
627 PM CST FRI MAR 09 1990

REPORTS FROM EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY..HEREFORD..AND EASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY..
VEGA..INCLUDE PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

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KSZ003-006- 100030 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
 635 PM CST FRI MAR 9  1990

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND MOST OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS TILL 1100 PM TONIGHT ...

AT 630 PM CST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA
30 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO SOUTH OF STRATFORD AND
FROM WEST OF BUSHLAND TO NORTHWEST OF DIMMITT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILDORADO AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF HEREFORD.

AT 615 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HEREFORD AND VEGA BY THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.  RR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.